Fiddler Lures Immigrants to Oregon Short Line Dance
Stalled trains at Glenns Ferry Idaho on St Patrick’s Day 1894 gather emigrants, millionaires, miners, and families. A long haired fiddler improvises radiant violin music, out-Strauss ing Strauss, to lead a spontaneous station hall dance with a $3 advance payment.
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St. Patrick’s
Oregon
Union Pacific
Glenns Ferry
Ida
Pocatello
Indian Creek
Snake River
Creede
Cripple Creek
Railroad Dance Committee
Lancers
Strauss
M. Ysaye
Charley Fair
United States
San Francisco
Ysaye
Berlioz
Washington Star
Jonah story may be true says The Quiver
The London Quiver argues there is no valid premise to disprove Jonah and the whale and cites a Mediterranean shark incident where a sailor survived after a gunshot startled the predator to suggest the biblical tale could be true.
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London
Jonah
Mediterranean
Portrait of a Pretty Woman in Du Maurier's Art
The passage quotes a late 19th or early 20th century remark by Du Maurier describing a model he called his piece de résistance. He praises her as a daughterly figure, tall and stiff, with a serious gaze, and explains his challenges in capturing a smile with a stroke of black ink.
Conductor Praises Fare as Counterfeit Coppers Debated
In a Paris Figaro exchange, a conductor bows and thanks a lady who offers counterfeit coin for a fee. The banter shows a lighthearted humor about forgery and transportation conduct.
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Paris Figaro
New Spangles Add Glitter to Needlework in Fashions
Spangles rise as a notable trend in embroidery with Trilby star shapes Satin varieties and convex forms catching light in diverse hues. They appear in belts sashes and vests, offering sparkling accents rather than heavy coverage.
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New York Times
New Jersey Interscholastic Association Formed At Plainfield
The New Jersey schools convention at Plainfield founded a state wide interscholastic association to organize track baseball football and cricket with yearly athletic meetings. A Hudson River league grouping Mohegan Lake Peekskill Riverview Poughkeepsie Holbrook’s Sing Sing is also forming as other schools seek admittance.
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New Jersey
Plainfield
Hudson River
Suan
Metropolitan District Cricket League Opens Season Cup Named
The Metropolitan District Cricket League of New York opened the season with plans for a silver cap to be awarded annually to the champion club. The trophy will be named the Cricket League Cup and bear the champions' names since the league’s formation.
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Metropolitan District Cricket League of
New York
Adoption of the Christian Era Across Regions
The Christian era was proposed by Dionysius Exiguus in 527 for dating documents. It entered general use in France in the eighth century, England in 1816, Spain in the eleventh century, Portugal in 1415, and the eastern empire by royal edict in 1458 just weeks before Constantinople fell.
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Dionysius Exignus
France
England
Spain
Portugal
Empire of the East
Constantinople
Ice Cream Lamps Brighten Banquets in New York
The New York Tribune reports on a new banquet novelty where ice cream is molded into lamp shaped designs. Delicately colored molds imitate fine china with chocolate bases and pink strawberry centers, lit by small bulbs behind crape shaded shades to create fairyland table effects.
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Cowper
Byron
Paris
London
New York
New York Tribune
Mrs Cleveland Recognizes A Poor Boy At White House Reception
A Chicago Times Herald tale recalls Mrs Cleveland at a White House reception halting the pushing crowd to acknowledge an old colored woman guiding a patched boy. She spoke kindly, detaining the line, and the boy whispered that she had seen him, expressing relief.
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Mrs. Cleveland
White House
Mamminy
Afternoon Dances in a Western City
The note describes widely popular afternoon dances in a western city resembling Parisian matinees. Guests attend from 8 to 5 allowing rest before dinner and evening engagements, hinting at a revival of afternoon social events.
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New York
Tagging the Tots Idea Sparks Controversy in New York
A New York movement proposes tagging mothers to identify and return lost children, a tactic praised by some as helpful but criticized for overreach and ethical concerns, with debate spilling into public discourse beyond the metropolis.
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New York
Boston Globe
Costly Cycle Fads Highlight Silver Wheel Ornaments
The New York Telegram notes fashionables order wheels plated with silver and lamps priced from 35 to 100, with ornate frames of steel tubing for strength. Silver tracery covers the frame, pedals, handlebars, and saddle, plus ivory bar ends and white silk cord skirting. Prices for the full setup range up to 450, with a noblewoman's wife buying an 850 instrument, while one wheel was gold plated with unsatisfactory results. Each rider bears a monogram or crest on a silver name plate. Frames and name plates are affordable for wheelwomen.
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New York Telegram
Sea raven swallows sculpin tail first but spines trap it
A New York Sun narration describes a sea raven about 14 to 15 inches long in an aquarium tank. It swallows the sculpin tail first, four-fifths of the way, but the sculpin’s head spines spread in the raven’s jaws, preventing full swallowing and freeing the prey.
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New York
Dog Learns Frog Hunting From Master Hunter
A sportsman recalls watching a horseman with an Irish setter at Cutoff Lake. The dog, inspired by his owner frog hunting, circles and points frogs, proving a trained bird dog can also locate amphibians. The tale, reported by the Omaha Bee, highlights surprising animal adaptability.
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Cutoff Lake
Hoe
Omaha
Idaho suffrage amendment upheld with two to one vote
The Idaho supreme court upholds the woman suffrage amendment stating any other decision would be unjust. The nearly two to one margin supports the ruling as equality clubs ready to stamp suffrage tags for Idaho similar to California. The Boston Woman's Journal notes the state's achievement.
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Supreme Court of Idaho
Political Equality Clubs
California
Idaho
Boston Woman’s Journal
Unusual chairs blend Malay mats with American frames
The article notes a trend toward distinctive chairs in shops using plaited Malay mats mounted on American frames. The design emphasizes odd and artistic furniture popular in the current era.
Hand painted coalport and doulton medallions for corsage lace
Lovely medallions of Coalport and Doulton china, exquisitely hand painted and about the size of a silver dollar, are sold singly for use in confining the lace of corsage or throat band.
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Coalport
Doulton
Odd Spokes. Bicycles draw global curiosities and zeal
A whimsically compiled report notes Iowa taxes bicycles and cites diverse bicycle lore. Paris offers prize money for a Grand Prix de Paris while Milwaukee council debates. Paris and Vienna discuss bicycle duties and patron saints. Athol women adopt cycling as missionary work. a Delaware missionary received a bicycle after losing his horse.
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France
Paris
London
Vienna
St. Gertrude
Elijah
Athol
Mass
All Saints’ Church
Delaware
Pique holiday dress descriptions in stem green and white plaid
A detailed Women’s Home Journal description outlines a white pique dress with thick cords forming a fine plaid in stem green and white, plus variations in scarlet white blue white black white and purple white. The outfit includes a long bodice jacket, waistcoat, bullet pearl buttons, high stem green stock, sailor hat, mignonette stalks, and white glace kid gloves.
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Isabel A. Mallon
Ladies’ Home Journal
Streetcars Lose Ground as Bicycles Grow in Demand
A shoe salesman notes that bicycles cut into street railway use and shoe wear. He argues the shift benefits bicycle and shoe markets yet hurts shoemakers due to longer lasting footwear. He cites riders opting for wheels over walks for daily trips. Hawthorne quote on quiet malice from trifles appears in closing line.
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New York ‘Tribune
Artifice Is Weak Work of Mere Man Says critic
A critic declares artifice weak and the work of mere mortals. He describes imitation and self awareness as imbecile, noting a blunt axe of commentary in contemporary culture.
Two Views of the Subject in Collier's Weekly
A witty Collier's Weekly snippet contrasts Mr Outspoken and Miss Mandlinal in a flirtatious dialogue about dancing with Miss Mayaliep. The light exchange suggests social humor about size and propriety in a magazine vignette.
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Mr. Outspoken
Mayalip
Souter
Paris Fashion Revolt Headlines Spring 1596 Styles
Rumors from abroad predict a dramatic fashion revolution in spring 1596. The Paris scene has already introduced hoopskirts tight sleeves hip pads high heels large collars and hats perched over the forehead with Marie Antoinette curls at the back of the coiffure.
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Paris
Marie Antoinette
New York
Jolly Vassar Girls and Bryn Mawr Study Focus
An observer notes Bryn Mawr students pursue study while Vassar attendees seek sociable recreation. Country village and western entrants arrive at Vassar seeking change from daily monotony as a lively campus life complements rigorous coursework.
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Bryn Mawr
Vassar
Jupe pantalon appears as Paris fashion innovation
The London corresp on Paris style describes a garment called the jupe pantalon. By adjusting cords and brannenbourgs the wearer creates a long skirt or converts to wide cycling trousers. The jacket trims are military but the overall air is feminine.
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Paris
London
Cor
New York
Sun
Coat styles described by Isabel Mahon in Ladies' Home Journal
Isabel Mahon notes a spring coat with jaunty air and smooth fabric. She lists shades including dark blue, steel blue with a blue tone, dove gray, Lincoln green, plus black, noting regulation hues and variations.
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Isabel 4. Mahon
Ladies’ Home Journal
Pastor Bartlett Wins Kalamazoo Fight Over County Poorhouse
Reverend Caroline J. Bartlett of the People's Church Kalamazoo Michigan triumphed over the county poormaster in a 14 to 7 vote. The Charlotte Tribune notes the official long fought for reforms and cites past criticisms of the poormaster as harsh and unjust.
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Caroline J. Bartlett
The
People’s Church
Kalamazoo, Mich
Charlotte
Mich
Notable Victorian Authors Still Active at Advanced Ages
The piece notes Mrs Oliphant at 68 remains bright, Miss Braddon prolific in her sixty fifth year, and Ouida still capable of writing startling romances at 56, arguing that a literary life does not impair vitality.
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Sheelmen
Washington Society
Hawthorne
Jolly Vassar Girls
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